This is another surprising pick up from my local library. Actually, it is closed to patrons coming into the library. But far from closed from reading and exploring new books. I thank all the staff for being on the front lines and risking their health so that we can read great books, like this one!!
This story is intimate, alive and accessible. It is a story that will make you want to come back for more. This story flows like the best conversation that you could have with a friend. And because we are still limited from getting together with people in public places, I found this book to be exactly what I needed to cope with this pandemic.
The story is about the church wedding, the new house and a beautiful baby. Michelle was sold dream and she bought into it. But then she wakes up to realize that her husband is no longer with her and he has run off with a woman at work. She is devastated and feels like all her dreams have been shattered.
She feels adrift and on edge at the age of forty--a really hard age to be feeling so vulnerable at. I know because I too had a similar experience.
Michelle turned to booze to release her grief that felt like a fiery furnace that could not be quenched. She even had a one night stand.
Michelle keeps battling loneliness which has become a monster in her heart and in her life. She was trying to keep going as a part time parent and part-time partier. She just kept distracting herself from the hard and cold reality that she was facing.
Finally, Michelle takes a chance on love again. He is a dashing, complicated man--The Man with the White Shirt. (Personally, I tend to avoid such men like the plague.)
Michelle is an expert in emotional forensics. She dives into the wreckage with candor and humor, uncovering a story about falling and and out of love, divorce, single parenthood, and the messy world of dating. What she finds, beneath it all, is life and the courage to face it alone.
I loved this book! I love stories of women that encourage strength, resilience, and poise. Women ARE strong. All they have to do is believe it! Women can live alone! They don't need to settle for second best. Boy is that a lesson that I wish I would have learned about 20 years ago!
Irene Roth
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